A militant has been killed in an ongoing encounter, which broke out in south Kashmir’s Shopian after a search party of the security forces came under fire from hiding militants on Friday. “One militant has been killed . Officials said the security forces and the hiding militants exchanged heavy fire in Ganowpora area “after the contact was established” on Friday afternoon. “There was a search operation going on in the area when the hiding militants opened fire. A joint team of the police, the Army and the CRPF was carrying out the operation, when last reports came in.

Source: The Hindu May 28, 2021 09:15 UTC